Today was another planned tripped visiting Serpentine Dam, Jarahdale POW Camp and a part of Wungong Dam, I have planned a few more for the future now that the hotter weather is over it is time to get
out and about again, I did a few small detecting trips over the summer in the bush and the beach, finding the usual stuff but nothing real exciting. Today was a reasonably short trip I reallly just wanted to get out and take a few photos something I haven't done for a while, I have been playing with camera at home and recently went to an old lake which I believe has been around for well over 200 years according to old maps I have seen, the older landscape was different, and some of the trees very old ( See Lake Coogee Post published 3 December 2023), I have a bad knee at the moment so it is a little bit hard to walk too far.
My First stop was at Serpentine dam we have had a few dry months and I was curious to what the waterlevel was, after taking a few photos I moved on to the lower picnic area, when the original trip was
planned the first stop was going to be the Serpentine Pipehead dam which was closed, after a little research it seems that they are not in a hurry to open it agin anytime soon I used like going there it was a really nice spot just to go and wander around for a while, here are a few pics from that Dam and Picninc area.
My next stop was the Jarrahdale POW camp I go here reglularly as there is usually lots of birds and things to photograph but it has been very quiet ther the last few trips and it is getting more and more overgrown, the dissappointing thing is there have been people camping there recently and lighting fires there was a guy there today sitting near a small fire he had made. I didn't hang around for long I had a quick walk around took a few pics and moved on. Majority of all the ruins are still how they were last time I was there.
My next stop was Wungong Dam it has 2 access points on either side of the dam I have not been here or many years and have been meaning to stop and have a look around, the road across the dam is closed for vehicles but you can still walk along there, I stopped at one of the picnic areas which has BBq's and toilets and a couple walk trails from it, i had a little wander around took some photos by this time it was getting late in the afternoon and gates are closed at 5pm. These picture are from a lower Picnic area of the dam I think. I visited the main park of the dam on a later trip.
I will plan another trip again there another day and spend a bit more time wandering around.
All Images are Copyright Mark A. Gray
My next stop was the Jarrahdale POW camp I go here reglularly as there is usually lots of birds and things to photograph but it has been very quiet ther the last few trips and it is getting more and more overgrown, the dissappointing thing is there have been people camping there recently and lighting fires there was a guy there today sitting near a small fire he had made. I didn't hang around for long I had a quick walk around took a few pics and moved on. Majority of all the ruins are still how they were last time I was there. 
